# A Push to Talk Feature? **URL:** \ **Category:** Product requests and ideas\ **Created:** [September 30, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.jami.net/t/a-push-to-talk-feature/947 "2021-09-30T14:59:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TonyStone](https://forum.jami.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TonyStone](https://forum.jami.net/u/TonyStone)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.jami.net/t/a-push-to-talk-feature/947/1 "2021-09-30T14:59:08Z")
I think incorporating a push to talk feature would be amazing. Jami seems like a platform that would possibly offer privacy to Zello users who have concerns over privacy. To me it seems the foundation is kind of in place already. Is this something that I could try and develop myself as an add-on? ---
**Author:** ![wanderer](https://forum.jami.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@wanderer](https://forum.jami.net/u/wanderer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.jami.net/t/a-push-to-talk-feature/947/2 "2021-12-13T14:35:21Z")
Hello. It is imperative to add the ability to activate the Ptt function and automatically play voice messages when they are received; it is also necessary to provide for this function a more convenient button on the smartphone screen. Ptt will allow work on low-speed Internet networks, as well as through TOR networks or similar, it is also necessary to add low-speed voice codecs (Melpe1200 (2400), Codec2, Silk), and make an automatic Jitter buffer for voice communication via TOR (Orbot), this is significant will increase the privacy of the application as a whole. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![ECaptainRaj](https://forum.jami.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ad7895/32.png) [@ECaptainRaj](https://forum.jami.net/u/ECaptainRaj)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.jami.net/t/a-push-to-talk-feature/947/3 "2021-12-15T13:58:10Z")
This feature will be added in the future. See: [The Jami conferencing system](https://jami.net/the-jami-conferencing-system/) > Now that this is done, we plan on improving the audio managing systems with features such as push to talk. ---
**Author:** ![ProGen](https://forum.jami.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@ProGen](https://forum.jami.net/u/ProGen)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.jami.net/t/a-push-to-talk-feature/947/4 "2023-03-05T22:32:48Z")
Is there something new? We really would like to have this feature. ---
**Author:** ![ECaptainRaj](https://forum.jami.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ad7895/32.png) [@ECaptainRaj](https://forum.jami.net/u/ECaptainRaj)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.jami.net/t/a-push-to-talk-feature/947/5 "2023-03-06T07:51:18Z")
I think the development of the Android version of Jami is not high priority at the moment? Anyway - Here’s the feature request: > **[Feature Request: Push To Talk Key & Open Mic Options (#1402) · Issues ·...](https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/jami-project/-/issues/1402)** > > A cool thing to add for voice and video calls would be the ability to set a push-to-talk key for desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux) and to allow an... ---
**Author:** ![no-M](https://forum.jami.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@no-M](https://forum.jami.net/u/no-M)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.jami.net/t/a-push-to-talk-feature/947/6 "2024-01-02T16:02:30Z")
I think, we should prioritize more on the mobile app to have this feature. This would bring more users who use similar apps like zello and mumble and would be the only one that is distribution with push to talk feature. Which maybe in turn should also lead to more donors. ---
**Author:** ![lbogino](https://forum.jami.net/user_avatar/forum.jami.net/lbogino/32/738_2.png) [@lbogino](https://forum.jami.net/u/lbogino)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.jami.net/t/a-push-to-talk-feature/947/7 "2024-01-10T21:58:15Z")
Hello @no-M @ProGen @TonyStone **UPDATE:** There’s no plan to add this feature on Android so far. Most Androids don’t have a keyboard, and most time we stay on the app while using it. It’s not so much a multi-app so push to talk is less useful. However, push to talk is available on the desktop version: [https://docs.jami.net/en\_US/user/all-features-by-client.html#all-features-by-client](https://docs.jami.net/en_US/user/all-features-by-client.html#all-features-by-client) Loïc, Jami Community Manager. ---
**Author:** ![AZMJami](https://forum.jami.net/user_avatar/forum.jami.net/azmjami/32/1614_2.png) [@AZMJami](https://forum.jami.net/u/AZMJami)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.jami.net/t/a-push-to-talk-feature/947/8 "2026-10-16T13:37:51Z")
Hi! I’d like to kindly push back on that. Closed-Source Push-To-Talk apps are prevalent where I am. I can attest personally to independent and small taxi companies where I live (Bolivia), using precisely this method of communication to work, and there really isn’t a proper FOSS alternative, last I searched. Let alone a P2P alternative. Jami is the app best positioned to adopt this feature, and given Desktop already does so, I assume it wouldn’t be as hard as implementing the feature from scratch. This would legitimately be helpful socially and technologically.